The Great Gatsby: character Jay Gatsby
Revision on Jay Gatsby
(summer 2013)
- Created by: Phoebe
- Created on: 21-04-13 21:45
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- Jay Gatsby
- Man of Mystery
- doesn't appear until chapter 3
- increases intrigue and mystery
- Nicks Views
- Ch 1: "exempt" "unaffected scorn"
- encourages reader to find out why he is special
- Ch 1: "exempt" "unaffected scorn"
- Past and Present
- first 1/2 only hear outlandish stories
- "cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm's"
- "a German spy"
- "an Oxford man"
- Real Back Story
- not mysterious or glamourous
- makes his death sadder
- became successful through hard work and luck
- not mysterious or glamourous
- first 1/2 only hear outlandish stories
- doesn't appear until chapter 3
- Identity
- Changed name at aged 17
- Reinvented himself
- designs life around Daisy
- Changed name at aged 17
- Romantic idealist
- wants his relationship back with Daisy
- Fitzgerald's experiences
- !/2 of Fitzgerald's personality
- Both idolised in being rich and strived to become rich
- Gatsby's lifestyle reflects Fitzgerald's celeb status and parties
- Fitzgerald was driven by his love
- Symbolised every thing he did
- Double sided personality
- "Oxford man"
- Only at oxford for "five months"
- 'Was in the drug business"
- he owned a drug store
- "Sold alcohol over the counter"
- he owned a drug store
- Inherited money from family
- Dan Cody left him money
- But he never got it
- Dan Cody left him money
- "Oxford man"
- Isolated
- at parties: "alone on the marble steps
- makes Gatsby God like as he is watching over everyone
- hides behind a mask
- Only tells nick about his real past
- so concerned about his persona he distances himself from others
- "complete isolation" says Nick
- at parties: "alone on the marble steps
- Corruption of the American Dream
- Achieves it
- from poor family but becomes wealthy
- Reinvents himself
- from poor family but becomes wealthy
- changes his name
- Gatsby sounds more English
- Upper Class feeling
- More accepted
- Gatsby sounds more English
- not within everyones grasp
- Have to change your persona
- It fails
- Doesn't get Daisy
- Achieves it
- Main Character
- Man of Mystery
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